Gotta go on a trip like this with mates, but things never workout when they are planned thoroughly.

The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm executive producer paid another visit to the Essential F1 podcast to share his thoughts and analyses on the latest race that took place in Belgium. Mr. Wilman also had a story and some predictions ready for the upcoming race in Hungary this weekend… 😅

From video description: “Joining the show is legendary TV producer Andy Wilman #topgear #thegrandtour #clarksonsfarm with a fascinating story about one of the all-time greats, ‘el Maestro’, Fangio.”

The former script editor of Top Gear and The Grand Tour is going to Irvine, California next month with fellow motoring journalist Jonny Smith to conduct a live podcast recording. They will be collaborating with Matt Farah and Zach Klapman of The Smoking Tire for this event. For anyone interested, I have included the official link to obtain those tickets. Best of luck, and I’m hoping that some of us on the subreddit will be there! 🎟️

I remember coming across a clip where Hammond reverses into Jeremy and the audio has been altered to be squeaky high pitched and I can't find it for the life of me! Does anyone know what I'm on about?

I’ve never seen one of these irl before. It really does have three seats! Will have to watch Carnage a Trois again now…

From Top Gear to the Grand Tour, I've never stopped watching ever since. Probably the greatest car shows I've ever seen.

Instagram blogger Hold My Gear recently visited that infamous fueling station in Alabama where Top Gear had to flee for their lives. Yes, it still exists, and the blogger talked to an employee who was actually there when things went down! 😅😳

It's impressive what Hagerty is able to achieve in terms of cinematography & editing in their videos with their budget. I can't imagine what Grand Tour could achieve with amazon budget.

Remember Jeremy Clarkson’s cancer scare as documented in the latest season of “Clarkson’s Farm”? Well, he received a lot of well wishes from the public, and that made him reconsider how to live his life. Here’s a preview:

“So for the past few weeks, I’ve been wondering if maybe, at the age of 66, I should become an adult. A kind person, a tolerant person.”

(Beware of the paywall, and usual disclaimers apply.)

He chose a Subaru Impreza for both the Nile and Scandi Flick, but I can't recall Jeremy or James doing the same.

I’ve noticed that other parts of Reddit are quite mad that Amazon decided to continue The Grand Tour with new hosts. For those of you who’ve been on this subreddit for a while, it’s a good reminder that they received the official blessing of Jeremy Clarkson to carry on the show.

Also, Executive Producer Andy Wilman is still working behind the scenes there (and so did script editor Richard Porter before he stepped away to fulfill other commitments), so the show is in good hands in my view. I can hardly wait to see what comes out of it!

Just noticed the three episodes; Funeral for a Friend gets me in the feels every single time I watch it.

Thank you guys.

Watching Top Gear The Worst Car In The History Of The World.

Enjoyed watching this again, remembering cars from when I was younger.

In light of the recent release of posters featuring the new Grand Tour presenters (James Engelsman and Thomas Holland, and Francis Bourgeois), I’ve seen social media explode overwrought, tired comments like:

“Didn’t you learn from the BBC?”

“You don’t get it, the old trio was what made it successful.”

“I could watch CHM present a show about paint drying and I’d still watch it.”

IMO these people are either hating for the sake of hating, or have an extremely poor understanding of the actual dynamics behind Top Gear/Grand Tour, and New Top Gear, and in doing so missing the point completely.

May and Hammond have said it themselves: media evolves. Most people forget that motoring shows before CHM Top Gear were dry, technical, and arguably quite boring. Wilman and Clarkson pioneered an exciting format that arguably set a template which most motoring media still follows today.

Automatically assuming that the new Grand Tour will follow the fate of new Top Gear is lazy and spiteful, not to mention that Wilman helped pick new trio. These people should be grateful that it ISN’T being handled in the way new Top Gear was handled.

Sorry for the rant, hope someone can at least relate to this!

90s

Jeremy Clarkson remembered his mum’s advice that he received as a child and decided to make that the main focus in his Sun column. Here’s a preview:

“When I was a kid, I sobbed to her one night that everyone at school was bullying me and she replied: ‘Well, if everyone is bullying you, you must be doing something wrong.’

“Today, she’d be arrested for even thinking such a ridiculous thought. And so would all of the kids who’d been bullying me. And she’d be in jail with Sam Neill’s mother for mental health abuse in the community.

“But I wonder. Did our parents have the right idea? And have we now lost the plot?”

(Oh yes, usual disclaimers apply.)